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On Wednesday evening, October 14, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of aerial targets off the Black Sea coast.

Two F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Force, currently performing Enhanced Air Policing Service, were scrambled from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to implement population alert measures in the northeastern part of Tulcea County, and a RO-Alert message was sent at 20:02.

At 20:04, two aerial targets entered the national airspace. Subsequently, radar contact with one of the targets was lost over the sea, while the other left the national airspace at 20:13, heading towards Vylkove, Ukraine.

The target moved towards Reni, Ukraine, with a potential trajectory towards the municipality of Galați; consequently, a new RO-Alert message was issued for the eastern part of Galați County at 20:33.

The target was destroyed by the Ukrainian air defence system in the area of Reni, north of the Chilia branch.

The Press Office